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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Income of Farmers
As per the Situation Assessment Survey  of Agricultural Households in the rural areas of the country conducted by National Statistical Office , Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation  during 77th round  with reference to the agricultural year July 2018- June 2019, the State / UT-wise details of average monthly income per agricultural household is given as follows;
State-wise/UT-wise Average monthly income per agricultural household  during the agricultural year July 2018 June 2019
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State/ Group of UTs
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Average monthly income per agricultural household

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Andhra Pradesh
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10,480
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Arunachal Pradesh
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19,225
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Assam
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10,675
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Bihar
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7,542
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Chhattisgarh
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9,677
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Gujarat
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12,631
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Haryana
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22,841
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Himachal Pradesh
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12,153
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Jammu & Kashmir
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18,918
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Jharkhand
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4,895
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Karnataka
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13,441
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Kerala
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17,915
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Madhya Pradesh
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8,339
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Maharashtra
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11,492
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Manipur
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11,227
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Meghalaya
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29,348
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Mizoram
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17,964
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Nagaland
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9,877
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Odisha
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5,112
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Punjab
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26,701
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Rajasthan
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12,520
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Sikkim
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12,447
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Tamil Nadu
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11,924
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Telangana
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9,403
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Tripura
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9,918
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Uttarakhand
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13,552
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Uttar Pradesh
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8,061
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West Bengal
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6,762
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Group of N E States
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16,863
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Group of UTs
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18,511
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All India
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10,218
Source: NSS Report No. 587: Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households and Land and Livestock Holding of Households in Rural India, 2019
Income includes income from wages, income from leasing out of land, net receipt from crop production, net receipt from farming of animals and net receipt from non-farm business.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
CENSUS OF WATER BODIES
After launch of Under PradhanMantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana - Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme  in 2016, ninety-nine  on-going major/ medium irrigation projects were prioritized for assured financial assistance, along with their command area development works.
Out of these, 46 number of projects have been declared as completed by the State Government, and 21 projects have progress more than 90%. Out of the 46 number of competed projects, 15 projects have been completed since June, 2018, as per details given below.
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S.No.
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State/UT
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Name of Project
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1
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Assam
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ChampamatiIrrigation Project
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2
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Jammu & Kashmir
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Restoration & Mod. of Main Ravi Canal
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3
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Tral Lift Irrigation Project
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4
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Karnataka
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Karanja Project
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5
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bargi Diversion Project Phase – I 
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6
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Mahi Project
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7
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Mahan Project
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8
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Maharashtra
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Upper Kundalika Project
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9
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Lower Dudhna Project
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10
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Khadakpurna Project
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11
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DhomBalaakwadi Project
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12
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Manipur
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Dolaithabi Barrage Project
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13
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Odisha
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RET irrigation Project
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14
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Telengiri Project
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15
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Lower Indra Project 
As per provisional figures reported by the States so far, works related to 982 number of projects included for financial assistance under Surface Minor Irrigation  component, and 582 number of water bodies included under Repair, Renovation and Restoration  of Water Bodies component of PradhanMantriKrishiSinchayeeYojana – HarKhetKoPani, have been completed during the last three years.
This Ministry has, in the year 2018, taken up first census of water bodies under the centrally sponsored scheme “Irrigation Census”. The water bodies census proposes to collect key information on all important aspects pertaining to water bodies of the country, including their size, condition, status of encroachments, use, storage capacity, status of filling up of storage etc.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, ShriBishweswarTuduin a written reply in LokSabha today.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Shipping Ministry approves Revised cost estimates to augment Ship Repair facilities in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Ministry of Shipping has approved the Revised Cost estimate of an amount of Rs. 123.95 crore for augmenting Ship Repair facilities in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Shipping activities are lifeline of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, as majority of the development activities are linked to it. To keep the shipping activities alive without any interruption, the ship repair facilities are need to be developed. Due to significant increased ship movements, the existing repairing facilities at Port Blair are being augmented by the Ministry of Shipping. The existing dock length will be extended by 90 meters This augmentation will boost ship building and ship repairing industry and facilitate the ‘Make In India’ initiative of the Government of India.
The project ‘Extension of Dry Dock-II at a marine dockyard including supply, installation and commissioning of Dry Dock Pumps and accessories in Port Blair, South Andaman” was sanctioned by Ministry of Shipping under Central Sector Scheme to the tune of Rs. 96.24 crores, with stipulated date of completion of 42 months during February 2016. The scope of work was to extend the existing dock by 90 meters in length to accommodate more and bigger vessels. This facility was to double the existing capacity of ship repair facilities at Port Blair and generate employment opportunities and enhance the income of islanders. The project had been awarded and the preliminary work commenced at site on 07.03.2017.
Due to some technical changes in the project, there was cost and time overrun. Ministry of Shipping has now approved the Revised Cost Estimate for an amount of Rs. 123.95 crore. The extension facility of the Dry dock will be made available to the Shipping industry by August, 2021.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya launches diamond jubilee celebrations of Shipping Corporation of India
On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the Minister inspires the company to move towards becoming Aatmanirbhar
Union Minister of State for Shipping  and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya today virtually launched diamond jubilee celebration of Shipping Corporation of India, on the occasion of its foundation day.
Shri Mansukh Mandaviya unveiled the logo of diamond jubilee celebrations of Shipping Corporation of India, which has been created by a SCI employee. The minister also awarded the winners of various competitions, organized as the part of the celebration.
Speakingon the occasion, Shri Mandaviya congratulated SCI for completing its 59 glorious years and entering into 60th year. The minister also praised the financial performance of the company and said that SCI grows means India grows. Shri Mandaviya said as the company’s foundation day coincides with the Gandhi Jayanti, the company must move towards becoming Aatmanirbhar as Gandhiji always emphasized on. The minister also wished the company and its employees to achieve higher goals in the coming years.
Dr. Sanjeev Ranjan, Secretary, Ministry of Shipping, Mrs. H.K. Joshi, CMD, SCI, senior officials from Ministry of Shipping, current and retired employees of SCI along with their family members were present on the occasion.
About SCI
Starting out as a marginal Liner shipping Company with just 19 vessels, the SCI has today evolved into the largest Indian shipping Company. The SCI also has substantial interests in various segments of the shipping trade. SCI’s owned fleet includes Bulk carriers, Crude oil tankers, Product tankers, Container vessels, Passenger-cum-Cargo vessels, Phosphoric Acid/Chemical carriers, LPG/Ammonia carriers and Offshore Supply Vessels. Sailing through for nearly six decades, the SCI today has a significant presence on the global maritime map.As the country’s premier shipping line, the SCI owns and operates around one-third of the Indian tonnage, and has operating interests in practically all areas of the shipping business, servicing both national and international trades.
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NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog in association with PhonePe launches the Fintech Open Hackathon
The Hackathon aims to showcase path-breaking solutions for the Fintech Ecosystem
Winning teams stand to win exciting cash prizes
As a part of the Fintech Open Month, NITI Aayog in association with PhonePe will be hosting the first-ever open-to-all Hackathon event for ideating and coming up with the most creative solutions for the FinTech space. The Hackathon will provide an opportunity for innovators, digital creators and developers from all over India to think, ideate and code
Participants at the hackathon need to use any open-data APIs like PhonePe Pulse along with frameworks such as Account Aggregator as a foundation to power the following use cases:
- Alternate risk models for Lending, Insurance or Investments with focus on financial Inclusion
- Innovative Products that use the power data signals for various demographics and Geos for broader adoption of financial services
- Improved Visualisation and Derived intelligence based on the Digital payments data
- The final app that participants come up with must incorporate one of the above.
Participating teams can have one 1  to 5 participants. Participants can use data sources like PhonePe Pulse, the Open Government Data Platform and RBI reports on payments to build on their submission. In addition, they can access any other open data platforms that they are aware of along with the Setu AA Sandbox or the Setu Payments Sandbox to develop their hacks. By the end of the event, participants will be required to present a working prototype of their hack to the judges, post which each hack will be judged based on certain parameters. While the judges consider the hacks, they might ask for additional information on the prototypes.
The winning teams will get exciting prizes:
The top 5 hacks will be awarded a prize money in the following denominations:
1st place : INR 1,50,000 for the team - 1 prize
2nd place : INR 1,00,000 for the team - 2 prizes
3rd place : INR 75,000 for the team - 2 prizes
Judges may decide to award fewer or more prizes depending on the hacks submitted.
The last date to register for the event is 11:59 PM, 23rd February, 2022 and the deadline to submit the final entries is 12:00 noon, 25th February, 2022. There will be a Live AMA on Monday, 21st Feb, 2022 at 4:00 PM to answer any questions the participants may have about the Hackathon. The winners of the Hackathon will be announced on 28th February, 2022.
To register and get more details visit: https://cic.niti.gov.in/fintech-open-month-hackathon.html
Special Service and Features
Inauguration of surgical super specialty block of Kozhikode Medical College to be held tomorrow 
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandavya to preside via video conferencing
Kochi, March 03, 2023
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the newly built Surgical Super Specialty Block of Kozhikode Government Medical College in a function to be held here on March 4, 2023 at 5.30 pm. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Mansukh Mandavya will preside over the function via video conferencing . Kerala Health Minister Veena George, Ministers P.A. Mohammad Riyas , A.K. Sashindran and Ahmed Devarkovil will participate in the function.
A new surgical super specialty block is set up under PHASE-III of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana at Government Medical College, Kozhikode which is the second Medical College in the State of Kerala. Started in 1957, this hospital caters to tertiary health care in seven neighbouring districts. The Super specialty building having an area of 2.57 lakhs square feet is set up within 273 acres of college campus with a project cost of Rs. 195.93 crores, which includes Rs. 120 crores as Central Government share and Rs. 75.93 crores as State Government share.
The seven storey hospital has 500 beds which includes 190 ICU beds along with nineteen Modular operation theatres and equipment like C-Arm, MRI, CT scan, CSSD and multi organ transplant facilities. This will add facilities for five surgical Super specialty Departments, Emergency Medicine and Anaesthesiology.
Departments such as Cardio Vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Surgical Gastroenterology, Urology & Renal Transplantation Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesiology and Accident and Emergency will function in the new building
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Sahi Fasal Campaign
‘Sahi Fasal’ campaign was launched by National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti in 2019 to nudge the farmers in the water stressed areas to grow less water intensive, economically remunerative and environmentally friendly crops. ‘Sahi Fasal’ is an awareness generation campaign implemented with the objective of weaning away the farmers from growing water intensive crops and using micro-irrigation techniques with a view to increase water use efficiency in agriculture.
Under Sahi Fasal, so far, a series of workshops have been organized in Amritsar, Aurangabad & Kurukshetra and with technical experts in New Delhi for awareness generation and information dissemination amongst farmers and stakeholders concerned.
Since this is an awareness generation campaign, no separate allocation of funds has been made by this Ministry for the ‘Sahi Fasal’ campaign. Water being a state subject, State Governments use their own resources on the basis of their planning and priorities.
No specific data is available on number of farmers shifted to less water intensive crops and amount of water saved due to ‘Sahi Fasal’ campaign. However, Central Government and State Governments have been implementing programmes to enhance water use efficiency in the agriculture and encourage farmers for crop diversification & to opt for less water intensive crops.
Government fixes Minimum Support Prices  on mandated agricultural crops including less water intensive crops. However, no evidence based analysis has been conducted on this issue.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Independence day celebrated
Along with the rest of the country Press Information Bureau, Imphal and Central Bureau Of Communication,RO Imphal jointly celebrated the 76th Independence day at CBC,RO Imphal office premise today. Dr Engam Pame Director PIB, Imphal led the gathering and hoisted the national tri-colour flag.
Addressing the gathering Dr Engam Pame said that We are very blessed to see the 75th years of India’s Independence. Today we remember the great struggles, the great sacrifices which our forefathers have undergone to give us this freedom and sovereignty that the country has today. He further added that this day is observe to remind every citizen of the country the true value of freedom and all the struggles our freedom fighters have made to secure the future of our great Nation.
Later, artistes of CBC Imphal presented patriotic songs.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
70% of India’s Active Caseload from Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, and Chhattisgarh
The Active Caseload of India stands at 4,55,555 today. Present contribution of Active Caseload to India’s total positive cases is 4.89%.
About 70%  of the total Active Cases is contributed by eight States/UT i.e. Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh.
Maharashtra leads the tally with 87,014 total active COVID cases, as of today. Kerala has recorded 64,615 active cases, while Delhi follows with 38,734 total active cases.
The change in active cases for the States/UTs in the last 24 hours is in the figure given below.
Maharashtra recorded the maximum positive change with addition of 1,526 cases whereas Chhattisgarh recorded maximum negative change with a decrease of 719 active cases.
43,082 new confirmed COVID cases have been registered in the last 24 hours in the country.
Of these, 76.93% is contributed by ten States/UTs.
Maharashtra leads the tally with 6,406 new COVID cases. Delhi has reported 5,475 new cases, while Kerala registered another 5,378 new cases in the last 24 hours.
Total recovered cases in India have crossed 87 lakhs .The national recovery rate stands at 93.65% today.
39,379 recoveries have been registered in the last 24 hours in the country.
78.15% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 5,970 newly discharged cases. 4,937 people recovered in Delhi followed by 4,815 in Maharashtra.
83.80% of the total deaths are concentrated in 10 States/UT viz Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.
Maharashtra contributes maximum  to the total deaths with 46,813 deaths till now.
75.20% of the 492 case fatalities reported in the past 24 hours are concentrated in ten States/UTs.
Delhi with 91 deaths reported the maximum new fatalities. Maharashtra saw a fatality count of 65 followed by West Bengal with 52 deaths.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Cycle Rallies organized at various places in Maharashtra to commemorate World Bicycle Day
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launches nationwide programme at Delhi ; pedals with cycling enthusiasts
Mumbai, 3 June 2022
Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Anurag Thakur flagged off nationwide programmes on the occasion of World Bicycle Day from Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, New Delhi. More than 1500 people participated in the 7.5 kms rally in Delhi.
To commemorate the World Bicycle Day, the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghatan had organized cycle rallies at more than 100 locations in 35 States and Union Territories which included 75 iconic places of historical and cultural importance.
In Mumbai, a cycle rally was organized at Mumbai University’s Kalina campus. In Pune the rally started from the historic Aga Khan Palace and culminated at the Deccan College. Another cycle rally was flagged off from the Nagpur Railway Station.
The objective of the cycle rallies was to encourage and motivate people to take up and adopt Cycling in their daily lives for physical fitness activities and get freedom from obesity, laziness, stress, anxiety, diseases etc. By adopting cycling, common citizens will also facilitate in reducing carbon footprints. Youth Volunteers are being motivated to participate and also organize similar Cycle Rallies in their respective villages and localities coinciding with Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.
Mumbai : Cycle rally flagged off from Mumbai University campus in Kalina
The key objective of Observance of World Bicycle Day is to create awareness about fitness among people in general and youth in particular. Citizen’s are motivated to make a resolve to include physical activity of at least 30 minutes daily in their lives “FITNESS KI DOSE AADHA GHANTA ROZ”.
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Ministry of Communications
Maharashtra Postal Circle ties up with Central Railways to start special bulk parcel service
India Post special parcel service begins at Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur; to include Aurungabad and Goa soon
Mumbai, 16 May 2020
India Post has tied up with Central Railways for transportation of parcels from and between Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur within Maharashtra. In the current lockdown situation due to prevalence of COVID-19, under this India Post Railway Parcel Service, large consignments of goods/parcels will be collected from the customers’ premises and delivered at the destination address. As for now, the parcels will be delivered in the three stated cities by means of four special parcel trains being operated by the Central Railways and India Post Mail Motor Service. The parcel delivery service is planned to be extended to cover Aurangabad and Goa in the next phase. The service started operations on May 15, 2020.
The trial run of the special parcel delivery service was carried out on 9th May by picking up a consignment of 16 big size parcels from Hingana in Nagpur and delivering it at Dadar in Mumbai on the next day. Thus, while the doorstep pickup and delivery service will be carried out by India Post destination using its fleet of vehicles and network of Post Offices, the transportation between origin and destination stations will be done by Central Railways which is operating special parcel trains between important stations amid COVID-19 lockdown.
Bulk parcel was despatched from Hingana at Nagpur during trial run of Special Parcel Service on May 9, 2020.
The first consignment from Nagpur was received at Dadar in Mumbai on May 10, 2020.
The customers may contact the nodal officers and helpline numbers of the specific postal division and region under Maharashtra Postal Circle, given in this link, to avail of the special parcel delivery service.
A need for this service was felt because individuals and commercial establishments were finding it difficult to move their large size consignments containing essential and other items. Hence Maharashtra Postal Circle worked out this service with a focus on customers who have consignments in higher weight slab. Now, for bulk consignments weighing above 200 kg the Special Parcel Service will come to their use.
In the lockdown period, customers in the state have widely used the Speed Post service for sending their parcels. Till date, Department of Posts has delivered thousand tonnes of essential items like medical equipment, masks, etc. by means of speed post services. However, the commercial customers were finding it difficult to utilise this service as they had to visit Post office for availing speed post services and other road transports are not cost effective. In order to remove these bottlenecks, India Post has come up with this new service for convenience of the general public.PIB Mumbai / SC/DR
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